Massive cancelations for Wednesday across the mid-Atlantic

There is serious snow due in the mid-Atlantic – stretching from Washington, DC to New York City – between this evening and tomorrow. Depending on which forecast you believe the accumulations will range up to 18” in various areas. And the airlines are pretty much just giving up. The realize that odds are they won’t actually be able to operate anywhere close to on schedule so they simply aren’t bothering to try. Here are some of the highlights from a couple carriers.

It seems that only one runway is expected to be in operation at Dulles and nothing at National. Newark is going to be pretty much shut down. LaGuardia and Philly, too. I’m really glad that I’m not flying during this mess. I just hope that the system is functional enough by Sunday that my flights are operating.

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Seth – Maybe you comment or do a post on what seems like the change in decision making for these cancellations. Do you think the airlines are being more pro-active in just shutting things down based on prior experience in getting caught with planes out of position, people stranded on planes, etc or is it the airports really pulling the strings and shutting the airports down pending a natural disaster ? I an further north so we handle the snow better and not sure what is really going on down there.